Cathy oversees finance for Humane Society Silicon Valley, and raised $16 million in nonprofit California tax-exempt bonds for a new facility in 2008 despite the financial industry meltdown. She is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in California with an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University. In addition to Cathy’s experience with many rapidly-growing technology-based companies and venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, her public accounting career culminated in partnership status at Coopers & Lybrand (now Pricewaterhouse Coopers). She served on the Board of Directors of the San Jose Symphony from 1987 to 1994 and has served on the Boards of several other nonprofit organizations.